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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE FILE" <aaahhha0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tntcompany76@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:17:18 -0500
Subject: Contact The TNT Courier Company Customer Care.

Attn;

In appreciation to your earlier assistance during my search for help, be
informed that the transaction has been concluded through the help Mr. /Mrs.
Kim Sue Shong from Yokohama Japan. I will not forget your effort to help
despite it could not workout. I hereby wish to reward you with this token
0.002% which is ($2,950,000.00 USD) of the total sum, I ordered my bank to
reload the total amount into ATM master card.

Presently I’m in Okinawa Japan for my proposed project. therefore i want you
to contact the TNT courier company customer care with your delivery address
immediately via their email address:( tntcompany76@yahoo.com.hk ). Their
company web site is www.tnt.fr because i have registered your atm card for
further delivery to your home address before i travel out of the country, pls
take note that i have paid all the delivery charges ok, the name of the lady
you will is MS ROSEMARY BENSON TNT customer care, she is the person incharge
of your atm card

the only money you will pay them is their security keeping fee of $125,00 i
wanted to pay it but the manager refused to collect the fee because they
stated that they never know when you will contact them because the security
keeping fee is increasing 65 per a week therfore i want you to contact them
with your delivery address together with your contact telephone number to
enable them give you a call immediately they arrive to your destination home
address,

once again the only money you will be require to pay to them before you
receive your atm parckage is $125,00 which is for their security keeping fee,
once you send them the fee with your delivery address they will give you the
tracking details of your atm card to confirm the arrival date, please you
should not forget to let me know when you receive the ATM card with the PIN code.

Regards,
Mr. Benson Lawrence.
Pension Coodinator Chairman.

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